The Milwaukee Bucks' move to boycott Game 5 of their first-round series had a ripple effect across the NBA and WNBA
A general view inside The Field House before Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets, on Aug. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.Saying they’re fed up with systemic racism and police brutality against Black people, rival teams across the National Basketball Association boycotted their playoff games on Wednesday in a bold and united protest.
Whether this is a one-game boycott or an end to the NBA playoffs remains in question, as does any further action the players hope to take. NBA TV reported that league players will hold a meeting in Orlando Wednesday night to decide on next steps, and that players planned to meet with their individual teams before attending that meeting.
“We came here for a reason: using our platform and wanting to send a message and hopefully bring awareness and bring a change, but I don’t know. It just feels like we’re stuck,” said Raptor forward Pascal Siakam earlier Wednesday. “It feels like things are not changing. It feels like we’re not doing anything productive, basically.”The Raptors have been among the outspoken leaders in the NBA’s social-justice initiatives. Several of them took to the streets protesting before they came to Florida.
Mr. Nurse said earlier Wednesday that he has heard a couple of his players say that they’re thinking about leaving the bubble to go home, but he doesn’t know if that’s a team-wide feeling. Some NBA players feel they could be doing more to create change back home in their communities, that they shouldn’t be playing basketball during a global reckoning with racism.“Boycotting the game has come up for them as a way to try to demand a little more action. That’s really what they want.
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